Tom Dooley Days

July 23, 2016 @ 10:00 am - July 24, 2016 @ 5:00 pm

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HISTORY LIVES at the Whippoorwill Academy & Village in Ferguson, North Carolina. Join us for this inaugural event which brings back the days of the Civil War time period in the Yadkin Valley and the first nationally publicized murder trial over the mystery of who killed Laura Foster.

Members of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina reenactors will be present. Period skills like blacksmithing and weaving by Kenny Clontz will be demonstrated. Mary Bohlen will demonstrate cooking methods of the past.